You ate WHAT?!

In the 9 months or so that we’ve been here we’ve learned that people in our church have had all sorts of culinary exploits that we have yet to encounter. I considered myself to be a fairly adventurous eater, until hearing what these people have eaten, eat… and actually enjoy. I’ve compiled a list of various types of meats that people have eaten and interesting facts about them. I wouldn't mind trying some of these culinary delights one day, but other I can live without, especially the first item on my list...

• Possum- Apparently, it’s not just road kill! Very greasy.
• Squirrel- takes two men to pull the skin off the meat, you can scrape out the skull and get some good stuff out of there too! Mmmmm…
• Rabbit (they’re everywhere here)- the skin comes right off and baby rabbit meat is oh so tender and tasty!
• Black bear- don’t ask
• Raccoon- but only for the very special occasion of Thanksgiving
• Beef tongue- OK, this isn’t SO weird but did you know it’s like eating filet mignon? (then why not just eat the filet?)
• Beef cheeks- supposedly also very tasty
• Pheasant
• Sparrow- yes, those cute little birds you feed fries to at McDonalds
• Turduken- it's not just a mythical food, it exists right here in Kansas!